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Growing up, my sister was the one who was very much into all this stuff, all this Eastern stuff, not me at all. Then I got a Doctorate of Physical Therapy and became a physical therapist/practitioner of Western Medicine and… Read More ›

WordPress just sent me a notification that today is my 2-year anniversary of starting the blog. I remember reading somewhere that the majority of personal blogs are discontinued within 2 years because of lack of interest. So good for me… Read More ›

There is a theme in stroke recovery and that theme is ‘repetition.’ I say it all the time. But I think I say it too much. I think I’m giving the wrong impression. It’s easy for me to say that… Read More ›

I had never heard of this and didn’t know what the hell it was until I took a course taught by Peter G. Levine. BDNF stands for brain-derived neurotrophic factor. That’s a really long name for a protein. BDNF is a protein that is produced… Read More ›

My friend just hired a personal trainer to help him lose weight and it spawned an idea for a blog post. I always told my patients that it’s a heck of a lot more important what you do at home… Read More ›

A stroke is a brain injury, not a muscular injury. It may seem like your muscles don’t work anymore but they do, they’re still there and just as good as they once were, well at first that is. Soon atrophy… Read More ›

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This blog IS NOT intended to be medical advice of any sort. I am writing about my experiences, my knowledge, and my opinions. My goal is to tell people what I'm going through and hopefully help someone.
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All that being said, rest assured that everything you read on this blog is written by a highly educated, highly trained, and highly experienced medical practitioner.
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Dr. Amy Shissler PT, DPT, Cert. MDT------my full name and title